[Fedora-directory-users] Console - Administration Panel

[Richard Megginson]

Craig White wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 20:25 -0700, Richard Megginson wrote:
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>>Craig White wrote:
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>>>OK - while mucking around with console and certificates, I manually
>>>clipped out the stuff from admin-serv/config/adm.conf & console.conf and
>>>local.conf and seem to have everything back in order.
>>>
>>>I restart the admin-serv and the encryption stuff comes right back into
>>>local.conf and I can't figure out where it is coming from.
>>> 
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>>It's stored in the directory server under o=netscaperoot - do an 
>>ldapsearch for
>>ldapsearch -b o=netscaperoot -D "cn=directory manager" -w password 
>>"cn=configuration"
>>
>>The local.conf file is just a read-only cache of that information.
>>
>>If you cannot edit it using the console, you can use ldapmodify
>>1) find the full dn of the entry using the ldapsearch as above
>>2) identify the attributes that deal with the encryption stuff
>>3) use ldapmodify like the following:
>>ldapmodify -D "cn=directory manager" -w password
>>dn: cn=configuration,.....
>>changetype: modify
>>replace: nameofattr
>>nameofattr: newvalue
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>Thanks - I can probably do that but it occurred to me that I should just
>probably restore from my last backup but now I can't find my backup.
>
># ls -l /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-srv1/bak
>total 0
>
>I had created 2 separate backups using the console application (and even
>restored once so I know that it worked) but now they are nowhere to be
>found and so I can't restore.
>
That's really strange.  I've never seen this happen before.

>I'm beginning the think that the console
>application - though exceedingly dangerous in this rookie's hands is
>possibly not quite ready for prime time...why did the backups disappear?
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>
I have no idea.  I've never seen this before.  The console has been used 
for this purpose for 7 years now in large production environments and 
this is the first time I've ever heard of this happening.

>Is there a method to wipe out the entire DSA and start over without
>removing the rpm and re-installing rpm again?
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>
Not really, not without the data.

>And by the way, I am most appreciate of all of the help you have been
>giving me Richard - just in case I haven't made it obvious - you have
>been exceedingly patient and helpful.
>
>Thanks
>
>Craig
>
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